Metallic roofing



(No Model.)

L. L. SAGENDORPH. METALLIC ROOFING, SIDING, am.

No. 410,294. Patented Sept. 3,, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LONGLEY LEWIS SAGENDORPH, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

METAL LIC ROOFING, SIDING, 80c.

SPECIFICATION fOrming part of Letters Patent No. 410,294, dated September 3, 1889.

Application filed May 13, 1889. Serial No. 310,618. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LONGLEY LEWIS SAG- ENDORPH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Harm ilton, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Roofing, Siding, &c., of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to form a sheet of metal in such a manner that the same may be advantageously used for roofing or siding by reversing the sheet, and also to form a sheet of metal that will be applicable to circular columns to represent fluted work, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of two sheets of roofing embodying my invention, showing the preferred form of connecting-joint for the sheets. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of two sheets of siding embodying my invention, said sheets being reversed from those shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through a circular column, showing the application of my invention thereto, on a diminished scale.

My invention consists of asheet of suitable metal stamped or pressed in such a manner as to form the longitudinal escalops A, extending the full length of the sheet, with the flat ridge-cap portions B between and conneoting the escaloped portions, said escalops being formed entirely below the plane of the flat portions B, as shown in Fig. 1.

\Vhen used as a roofing-sheet, as shown in Fig. 1, the connection and joint between the sheets is made by providing the flat cap B at each side the sheet with an overlapping flange b, this flange on the top cap resting against the outer face of the adjacent escalop A, and the corresponding flange b of the lower cap resting against the lower face of the adjacent escalop A of the next sheet, as-

shown. Beneath the fiat joint thus formed is placed the wooden strip D, corresponding in configuration to said cap, through which said cap-joint is nailed, as shown. The joint thus formed is perfectly water-tight, as a suitable washer is used beneath the head of each nail. Furthermore, the cap is so narrow that no amount of water can stand thereon.

When used as siding, the sheet is simply reversed, as shown, which presents a different contour to the eye from that shown in Fig. 1, the sheets in this case being nailed through the connecting cap, which rests against the building.

Another use to which my invention is especially applicable is to cover and ornament circular columns, as shown in Fig. 3. In this case the sheets are applied around the column E in a vertical position in a manner similar to the siding, the connecting-joints being formed in a similar manner. It will be seen by the above-described construction of the sheet that by forming the angles (1 at the intersection of the flat portions B and the escalops A said construction will permit of the sheet being bent at said points and form a circular body and adapt itself to circular columns, the connecting flat portions resting against the column will permit of the sheet being readily secured thereto.

The advantages of my invention are apparent. By means of the above-described construction I am enabled to produce a sheet of metal having two faces differing in contour. hen used as a roofing, it aifords a simple and secure means of connecting .the sheets, and also serves to carry all the water oif in the escaloped portions, thus preventing any water from blowing off the side of the roof. When used as siding, the reverse side of the sheet from that used in roofing is put outward, the flat portions B resting against the building, through which the retaining-nails may be driven at any desired point along said portions. The facility afforded for applying the sheetsto circular columns to represent fluted work, thus dispensing with the extra expense of forming said flutes in the columns, is another very great advantage.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A sheet of metal having the longitudinal escalops A formed therein, and the flat ridgecaps B, connecting said escalops, the latter lying entirely below the plane of said cap portions, the sides of each sheet terminating in a flat cap having an overlapping flange 19, substantially as set forth.

LONGLEY LEWIS SAGENDORPH.

. Attest:

C. M. SCHIERECK, GEO. M. VERITY. 

